On Feb 23, 2009, at 2:31 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Feb 22, 2009, at 08:22, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>
>>> ================================
>>> $ ./configure
>>> ...
>>> configure: Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library configuration
>>> checking for APR... yes
>>> checking APR version... 1.2.12
>>> configure: Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APRUTIL) library
>>> configuration
>>> checking for APR-util... no
>>> configure: WARNING: APRUTIL not found
>>> The Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APRUTIL) library cannot be
>>> found.
>>> Either install APRUTIL on this system and supply the appropriate
>>> --with-apr-util option
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> get it with SVN and put it in a subdirectory of this source:
>>>
>>> svn co \
>>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/1.2.x \
>>> apr-util
>>>
>>> Run that right here in the top level of the Subversion tree.
>>> Afterwards, run apr-util/buildconf in that subdirectory and
>>> then run configure again here.
>>>
>>> configure: error: no suitable APRUTIL found
>>> =====================================
>>>
>>> however, on this fedora 9 system, it's not apr-util that it's
>>> looking for, it's actually apr-util-devel, which could cost folks a
>>> few minutes wondering why they have apr-util installed and they're
>>> still getting that error msg.
>>>
>>> perhaps a slightly more precise diagnostic msg might be in order.
>>
>> What wording would you suggest?
>>
>> Note the message did not say a package called "apr-util" was missing;
>> it said "The Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APRUTIL) library cannot
>> be found", implying the entire Apache Portable Runtime Utility,
>> including all its component parts, regardless of by what means you
>> need to install it on your OS.
>>
>> I would say it's up to you to know the peculiarities and naming
>> conventions of your package manager (i.e. that you need both binaries
>> (in apr-util) and headers (in apr-util-devel)). Not all package
>> managers have that naming convention (e.g. MacPorts does not; it puts
>> everything into one package (apr-util)).
>
> i'd suggest a wording that is actually *correct*. the error msg
> reads:
>
> The Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APRUTIL) library cannot be found.
>
> that was simply not true -- the "library" was, in fact, installed:
>
> /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.so.0
> /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.so.0.2.12
The libraries may be installed, but in your current configuration,
Subversion could not find them, so the message is correct.
-Hyrum
------------------------------------------------------
http://subversion.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=1065&dsMessageId=1214993
To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: [users-unsubscribe_at_subversion.tigris.org].
Received on 2009-02-23 15:52:38 CET